Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 If you have a weak stomach or are eating, do NOT read on ... I have started my son on the NN complete omega 3-6-9. He is very sensitive to supplements, and so I just started him on half of one capsule and worked up to one capsule so far. The other day he had two bowel movements that smelled like vomit. This is a new one for us and concerning to me. He has also had diarhea on and off since starting the fish oil. Can fish oil do this? Is this a good or bad thing? Thanks. Michele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I cannot speak to good or bad but can tell you that we recently started my son back on fish oil, not the same one as you though, and we had smelly poop and diarrhea. It finally subsided yesterday. Since he had no fever or signs of other illness I figured it was the fih oil. We also get flaxseed in doet so in our case my son may have simply had too much of a good thing along with an adjustment period. Stool is normal in texture and smell now. When we had smelly stuff it was not always the same smell either. Some was a stinky cheese smell and at one point it smelled like a barnyard. Oh Lord if I don't get kicked off here now. Anyway, I hope your solution is as simple as ours so far appears to be...time. > > If you have a weak stomach or are eating, do NOT read on ... > > I have started my son on the NN complete omega 3-6-9. He is very > sensitive to supplements, and so I just started him on half of one > capsule and worked up to one capsule so far. The other day he had two > bowel movements that smelled like vomit. This is a new one for us and > concerning to me. He has also had diarhea on and off since starting > the fish oil. > > Can fish oil do this? > > Is this a good or bad thing? > > Thanks. > Michele > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Loose stool don't happen to all children when they first supplement - but it's not uncommon. Typically even if it happens it's mild and lasts just a few days to a week -and then the surge if you check the archives. Any time you add extra oil to a child's diet it can create a looser stool. For most here that's not an issue as that's a good thing in regards to constipation (another little struggle many of us go through with our children once potty trained!) Perhaps you increased too quickly for your son and you should go back to 1/2 capsule? Again it's typically mild loose or mushy -not always diarrhea like you are seeing. Only once I heard about a child from Canada that had severe diarrhea and to this day I still don't know if it was a coincidence and perhaps a virus hit the same time? I never heard of the poop smelling like vomit. As always if not sure if positive or negative signs are due to the fish oil you can stop them...wait and observe -then start again and observe. Fish oils are a food supplement -so ask yourself if you notice changes when your child eats tuna fish. " Stools normally have an unpleasant odor, but one that is recognized as fairly common....Foul-smelling stools also have normal causes, most notably diet. " http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003132.htm ===== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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